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Galeorhinus

noun

a genus of Carcharhinidae

• Syn: ↑genus Galeorhinus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Carcharhinidae, ↑family Carcharhinidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑soupfin shark, ↑soupfin, ↑soup-fin, ↑Galeorhinus zyopterus

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\\-ˈrīnəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek galeos dogfish, shark + New Latin -rhinus (from Greek rhinē, a shark)

1. : a genus of sharks including the topes and soupfin sharks

2. in some classifications : a genus of sharks comprising the smooth dogfishes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.